Akshay Kumar has secured 4th place on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list. He beat other best actors of the world and secure this place. According to the list the National Award-winning actor Akshay, has raked in $65 million.
Hollywood superstar Dwayne also famous with the name of Rock Johnson is on first place in the Forbes list of the 10 highest-paid actors. Dwayne collection is $89.4 million between June 1, 2018, and June 1, 2019.
Johnson told Forbes in 2018 that, “It has to be audience first. What do they want, and what is the best scenario that we can create that will send them home happy? He will collect $23.5 million as upfront salary for the forthcoming Jumanji: The Next Level. This is his highest quote.
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Rock also takes 15% of the pool from high-grossing franchise movies, including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. This movie has box office of $962.1 million worldwide. He is also paid $700,000 per episode by HBO’s Ballers which is an American comedy-drama television series.
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth able to get 2nd place with total earnings of $76.4 million. He is one of many actors from Marvel’s superhero universe.
Robert Downey Jr. gets $20 million upfront movies and around 8% of the pool for his role as Iron Man. That amount is equal to $55 million for his work in the movie Avengers: Endgame. Which is grossed $2.796 billion at the box office.
World’s Highest Paid Actors Of 2019 listed by Forbes:
- Dwayne Johnson: Dwayne is an American actor, producer, and former professional wrestler with total earnings of $89.4 million. His most successful roles are Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious movie.
- Chris Hemsworth: An Australian actor with 2nd highest earnings of $76.4 million. Hemsworth’s greatest successful roles with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and most recently with Avengers: Endgame.
- Robert Downey Jr: His total earnings of 2019 are $66 million. He is an American actor, producer and singer. Downey is scheduled to star in an upcoming Pinocchio film and The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. Robert will reprise his role as Holmes in a third film, scheduled for release on December 25, 2020
- Akshay Kumar: is from India with total earnings of $65 million.
- Jackie Chan: His real name is Chan Kong-sang, ranked 5th by Forbes with total earnings of $58 million. He is a Hong Kong’s martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer.
- Bradley Cooper: is from America with total earnings of $57 million.
- Adam Sandler: 2019 total earnings $57 million. He is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician.
- Chris Evans: He is an American actor. Evans is famous for his superhero roles as the Marvel Comics characters Steve Rogers / Captain America with total earnings of $43.5 million.
- Paul Rudd: is an American actor, comedian, writer, and film producer with total earnings of $41 million.
- Will Smith: is an American actor, rapper and media personality having total earnings of $35 million. Smith got various awards. Few of them are five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards and have won four Grammy Awards.